Publicis Modem Reviews

Pros

great people, awesome office, sense of camaraderie in spit of the difficulties within the office, sense of community, desire to turn the place around

Cons

been a hard year, lots of turn over, hard to get a raise, unclear on how to get promoted, hard to service the client given how leanly staffed

Advice to Senior Management

keep being transparent, share the information as you have it, even if it might change, too great a sense of the unknown to keep people confident in the org

Pros

every changing environment, plenty of opportunities to interact with people from different industries, and a nice insight on the advertising world.

Cons

the organization of the company is a bit chaotic, there's a lot of miscommunications going on, and sometimes the work gets a bit boring

Advice to Senior Management

communicate better with employees, there's a lot of uneven distribution of work and not enough support to push out existing workloads

Pros

PubMo has brought in some strong leadership over the past few months and continues to be a place where employees are often more like close friends than just co-workers.

Cons

Positive change in areas of need could still happen faster.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep pushing forward, we are making headway!

Pros

I have never worked with such great people; everyone is friendly and supportive. It is fun to go to work and hang out with your friends. Internal mobility is a huge plus - if you want onto a different account, management is pretty supportive. Lots of changes have been made in recent months and it feels like things will definitely improve for the better. Also, the office is awesome.

Cons

New business is lacking- it would be nice to win some pitches to mix things up. Sometimes there is confusion as to who does what when it comes to the senior team. For example, it is often that someone may not know who their boss is.

Advice to Senior Management

More feedback and evaluations of employees would be helpful and encouraging. People want to know how they are doing and what they can improve on.

Pros

- Good healthcare packages available to employees
- Nice office space and recently upgraded computers
- Entertaining comments on all their Agency Spy articles regarding layoffs, re-orgs, and "realignments"

Cons

- Complete lack of management vision for the business (now randomly merging)
- Poor business development and no approach to really win new clients
- Complete lack of communication from management for months at a time
- Management fostered a reactionary, process poor work environment
- Massive employee & contractor turnover ... over 75% at every level, including CEO, CTO, GM
- Incredibly poor work-life balance on what should have been simple assignments
- Many interesting projects farmed out

Advice to Senior Management

Please stop the elitist and condescending attitude, you may need to roll up your sleeves to really work with your teams and gain some insight on how to run the business more effectively. You basically look like your running scared from your management and seem desperate to clients.

Pros

i feel that the work is appreciated.

Cons

the company is big so it takes a while to get to know everyone

Advice to Senior Management

publicis is a good company and i really enjoyed my time there. the company runs smoothly and everyone is very professional there.

Pros

autonomy, trust, ability to do new things regadless of level

Cons

low moral makes it frustrating.

Pros

some of the best reasons to work at Publicis Modem are: people, easy work hours, work load is manageable, organized,

Cons

technical support is a bit slow, the workplace is a bit dull- no art, no music, very cubicle-esque, the location is terrible

Advice to Senior Management

More time to think out projects. More ambitious creative to work on, the redecorate the office to make it feel more liveable

Pros

Best in the business, casual working environment, work with some of the major brands, a great place to have on your resume

Cons

Too many levels of management, cramped office space, not a lot of support for lower level staff members,

Pros

if you need the money

Cons

losing a sense of direction and getting caught in a web of priorities

Advice to Senior Management

you are either in or out - no point running a SG operations where they are not even doing what Publicis Modem is known elsewhere for. Resources without the right skill set - senior management who are not growing into the roles...